by Albert Camus
The ramblings of an asshole, whose every act of generosity stems from validation, turned into philosopher.
Odd to read while watching Making a Murderer. Honestly, there were a lot of great quotes, but the story itself was a bit muddled. The second person was only really effective at the end. It was thankfully short, but the philosophy behind this was so obscured that I'm just a little bit confused about ...
In any case, I only like confessions nowadays, and the authors of confessions write chiefly in order not to confess, saying nothing of what they know. When they pretend to be owning up, that’s the moment to beware: they’re putting make-up on the corpse. As far as his prose-fiction output goes, Cam...
Rating: 4* of fiveThe Book Report: Told as a long monologue stretched over several days, Jean-Baptiste Clamence reviews the very great highs of his life as a respected criminal attorney, and the very great lows of his life as a libertine without a discernible conscience or moral compass. He narrates...
In my opinion it is too self-concentrated. Some parts are too ridiculous. And the idea of confession was constructed in boring and artificial way.
A self-titled “Judge Penitent” living in Amsterdam tells his life story, over several days, to a man he meets in a bar, bizarrely called Mexico City. It is written as a first person monologue, with occasional asides and replies to the other man, which gives the narrative a very distinctive voice.Alt...
The Fall is an appropriately titled book in which we meet the personification of what Camus called "The Absurd Man". He did not use this term to refer to someone who was merely ridiculous. The Absurd Man is one who has come to realize the absurdity of life, the resulting despair, yet chooses to li...
I was in my teens when I first read this and only remember it being thematically dense despite its brevity and that I identified quite strongly with the book though I don’t think I fully appreciated the reasons why. As I re-read the Fall, I am still certain I am only understanding the book on a very...
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